caravansary
caravansary — 名詞
1. A large inn built around an open courtyard, found along old trade routes in part
商隊驛站
絲路沿途供商隊休憩的庭院旅店
A large inn built around an open courtyard, found along old trade routes in parts of Asia and the Middle East, where traveling merchants, their animals, and their goods could rest overnight.
Tariq's camel train stopped at a caravansary outside Isfahan for the night.
Tariq 的駱駝商隊在伊斯法罕郊外的一間商隊驛站過夜。
collocation: stopped at a caravansary + place name
Merchants from Samarkand rested inside the caravansary's cool stone courtyard.
來自撒馬爾罕的商人們在商隊驛站涼爽的石砌庭院裡休息。
The old caravansary near Damascus still has troughs where camels drank centuries ago.
大馬士革附近的古老商隊驛站仍保留著數百年前駱駝飲水的水槽。
Fatima described a caravansary her grandfather's trading party stayed in along the Silk Road.
Fatima 描述了祖父的商隊沿絲綢之路住過的一間商隊驛站。
Travelers at the caravansary shared news from distant cities over bowls of mint tea.
商隊驛站裡的旅人一邊喝著薄荷茶，一邊分享遠方城市的消息。
- caravanserai
an alternate spelling of the same word, more common in academic and historical texts
- inn
a general term for any small lodging place; lacks the specific Eastern context and courtyard design
- hostelry
an archaic or literary term for an inn, closer in old-world register but still Western in connotation
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (LODGING PLACE): this is the literal, historical meaning. The word names a real architectural form common from the 9th to 19th centuries along the Silk Road and other Asian trade routes.
常見錯誤
2. A hotel or inn, especially one that feels lively and full of travelers coming an
旅館
充滿旅人來去的熱鬧旅店
A hotel or inn, especially one that feels lively and full of travelers coming and going from many different places.
Emilia called the lively old hotel a caravansary of artists and wanderers.
Emilia 把那間熱鬧的老旅館稱作藝術家和流浪者的旅館。
The waterfront guesthouse became a caravansary for sailors between long voyages.
那間海濱客棧成了長途航行之間水手們的旅館。
Javier rented a room in a dusty caravansary on the edge of town.
Javier 在城鎮邊緣一間布滿灰塵的旅館租了一間房。
The boarding house felt like a caravansary, with new faces at breakfast each morning.
那間寄宿公寓感覺就像一間旅館，每天早餐都有新面孔。
Ingrid compared the busy youth hostel to a modern caravansary.
Ingrid 把繁忙的青年旅舍比作現代的旅館。
- hotel
the standard modern term for commercial lodging; caravansary in this sense adds a poetic, bustling connotation
- inn
a smaller, often more rustic or old-fashioned lodging place
- guesthouse
typically a private home converted for paying guests; less grand in scale and less transient in atmosphere
用法筆記
Figurative extension of sense 1. Often found in literary or travel writing to suggest a place full of interesting, transient guests from many backgrounds. The word carries a romantic, old-world flavour.